[Danial Beard]

Good evening/morning/mid-day.

As discussed during the last meeting, please post here with the results of your location repeater survey.

The process is simple.   At your home/most occupied location, take a hand held radio, and attempt to “hit” any possible repeaters from your location with max handheld power, and factory supplied antenna.

 

Use and test both the Two Meter Band repeaters, and the 70CM band repeaters.

Please record the results here, with;

Repeater frequency

PL used

Power used

Signal quality report (both received and sent).

Also please list any further information you can think of which might be useful.

Please remember to IDentify any transmissions.

Thank you, and have a fantastic day.

• This topic was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by Danial Beard.

[Kelly Collins]

Low power on both the 146.76 and the 444.500

no problem

[Phillip Beall]

Dan or really anyone,

Do you have a comprehensive list of the local repeaters you want included in the survey?  I think Dan wants us to test all the local repeaters.  I know there are several, but I only know of 444.475 off the top of my head.

Thanks,

Phillip

[Erica Mueller]

Repeater frequency – 444.475 fm & c4fm

PL used – 100

Power used – 5w

Signal quality report – good both ways

Also please list any further information you can think of which might be useful. – Located in Faught, TX

Thanks

Mark

[Rick Leonhardt]

sorry i’ve never been able to connect to any repeaters except Broken Bow from Woodwand

Rick

[Danial Beard]

Alrighty, guys.   Thanks for the feedback both here and in person.      Look for the topic, “MASTER CHANNEL PLAN” for the results.

[Charles Penry]

Rick,
I did a path study from your place to the Atlas repeater, see the attachment.

For you to have the sought-after “line-of-sight” path your antenna needs to be 50’ above ground. This does not take into account getting above the trees that surround your place, although trees will not attenuate VHF too much and will have some greater amount of attenuation at UHF.

You indicate you can’t communicate through the Atlas club repeaters, but I don’t know what you are using to try.

We all make choices and I have found that if I want to live where I live, I can’t use a talkie at my house to talk to the club repeater – I must use a base station with an elevated antenna.

If you want to talk to the local repeaters, you need to get your antennas up in the air.

As an alternative I see there is a 300’ tower only 0.7 miles from you. Put a repeater on that tower and link it to the Atlas site and you will have talkie coverage!

Let me know if I can help.

73,
Charles WA5VHU

• This reply was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by Charles Penry.

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